My daughter met Noel Lee from Monster Cable

[GGX]

Do people really get suckered into buying Monster Cables anymore!?

[Cossa]

Originally Posted by GGX

Do people really get suckered into buying Monster Cables anymore!?

I certainly hope not.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/a...ter-cable-and/

[Amel]

I alwasy love to read how someone just bought monster cables for 150 bucks, and is proud of it

[Cossa]

I'll admit, I have bought something from Monster before, but only because Buy.com had a sick deal on it. Also, it's been a nice addition to my home theater. It actually cleaned up some electric/grounding feedback that I was getting on my projector, and has provided a sharper picture. I think I paid around $100 for it:

This thing:

http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Refere...4SZN1XQTK4YQCM

But otherwise, their cables are a joke (considering the price).

I know people around here are big on monoprice for cables, but I've been a big fan of bluejeanscable for a few years. Excellent products, great prices, and killer customer service.

[jkwest]

hmm....I wonder if I started a toy line called Cable Monster, would they sue me?!

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by jkwest

hmm....I wonder if I started a toy line called Cable Monster, would they sue me?!

A cease and desist letter with your name on it is now hitting the mail...

[Luis_A51]

Originally Posted by sandman6662

I agree with you alot of the issues , In the past 10 years law suits have been stupid in crazy , his legeal action is his problems not mine,

But let me ask you this , if you invented something and every one wanted to use it or the name you made up , would you let them do it for FREE?? It's funny my son said this the other day , and I asked him the same ? if it was you'r invention or you song or movie would'nt you be mad if someone stole it from you or was making money off your hard work . so I rest my case on this , I have tought of so many things in the past to make ,and did I do nope , but 5 years down the road someone else did & they are getting rich off it, my bad ,

Thats not the point. Monster is suing any company with the word "MONSTER" in their name. Did Noel Lee invent the word MONSTER????? I think not.

Also, as the owner of Blue Jeans Cables pointed out, they basically got sued just for selling cables. The cables themselves had absolutely no similarity to Monster cables besides the basics of being an AV cable.

[Bobby Henderson]

Do people really get suckered into buying Monster Cables anymore!?

A lot of them do if they shop at Circuit City.

Monster Cable's products are indeed overpriced. On top of that their packaging is misleading. For items like HDMI cables, they deliberately do not use terms like HDMI 1.3a. Instead they throw up some "5000" or "10000" bullcrap on there. It lets them get away with selling older HDMI 1.1 and 1.2 version cables at a high premium. And then they gouge the customer for $150 for a glorified HDMI 1.3a cable.

I have seriously considered bringing this to the attention of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. I strongly believe Monster is screwing consumers in my state with this stuff.

Recently, I helped a good friend of mine pick out a new HDTV (he bought a Series 7 52" Samsung). Circuit City had it at the lowest price. Sure enough, the sales guys there were doing the hard sell on the Monster Cables, throwing out how the 10000 series cable was needed. I bluntly told them it was a lot of crap and that a 6' long Phillips HDMI 1.3a cable with gold connectors for $30 at Wal-Mart would do just as well. The sales guys didn't have the nerve to try to tell me I was wrong.